When Lalita Shastri saw her husband body, it did not appear he had been dead only a few hours. His face was dark bluish and swollen. The body was bloated and it bore strange cut marks. The sheets, pillows and the clothes were all soaked in blood. As the family members raised doubts, suddenly sandal paste was smeared on Lal Bahadur Shastri face. And yet, the controversy whether or not India’s second prime Minister death was really due to a heart attack, couldn’t be contained. Allegations of the KGB, the CIA’s or an insider’s hand in the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri emerged in time.